Where does “pikkukasuaari” come from?

pikkukasuaari (Finnish) comes from Finnish pikku, from Finnish pieni, from Proto-Finnic peeni — little, small; fine.

pikkukasuaari (Finnish): dwarf cassowary

Definitions

  1. dwarf cassowary

Ancestry of “pikkukasuaari”, step by step

pikkukasuaari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pikku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpikkulittle, small; little old
2Finnishpienilittle, small; Third-person singular indicative...
3Proto-Finnicpeenilittle, small; fine

via Finnish kasuaari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkasuaaricassowary
2Malaykasuaricassowary
Every word from Proto-Finnic peeni →